Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-26
MoMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE SATURDAY, NOV a6,l887
fore he is aware of your presence il
called ga stratagem."

lore lie ID aware Ol your presence Is
called ga stratagem."
A alfmillion of men will assemble
together and call themselves ian
army" A half million. more will
gather together, in another spot, and
call themselves san army" They
provide themselves with deadly
weapons. Each body calls the other
"the enemy" They meet in mortal
combat. Now comes the grand col
lision. Divisions and corps, regi-
ments and battallions, melt under the
shot and shell as the snow under the
rays of the sun. Blood flows like
streams of water. Columns reel and
fall like forests in a hurricane. Des-
perate men, infuriated with the rage
Of battle and maddened with the
sight of blood, eagerly rush into the
jaws or death by thousands. But the
weaker side yieldsand victory perch
es on the banner of the stronger.
Thousands of homes are made DESC
late and filed with widows and Or
phans. The battle field becomes q
graveyard and the land is filled with
mourning. Some proud chieftain has
thus paved his way with human
skulls to glory and to greatness and
thinks he is happy. But in his calm
er moments OF reflection he will find
that he is not happy.
There is no happiness in taking hui
man life. There is no happiness in
the carnival of death. There is no
happiness in war! --
There are many who. believe that
there is a great deal Of happiness in
political glory. But alas those who
have gone very far on that line will
agree with me that "Jordan is hard
road to travel"
There is no happiness in politics
there is no happiness in medicine;
there is no happiness in the practice
of law, nor In any other profession
or avocation in life except that which
comes with the conciousness OF duty
faithfully done.
Happiness is that peace and con-
tentment which spring up in the
heart as the result Of virtuous, cheer.
ful and dutiful life. i think the
amount Of happiness we enjoy is in
exact proportion to our virtues and
and finer qualities of heart and soul
l likewise believe that our unhap
piness bears the same relative proper,
tion to our vices and meaner quail
ties. ... lf-
Ifthese propositions are true, ther
it must follow as q natural conse
quence that both heaven and hell be
gin even in this life. / am a firm
believer in the doctrine of rewards
and punishments both present anC
future. / believe that the reward O
I concious happiness follows the vir
tuous and noble deeds of noble mer
and women as surely and as prompt
ly as harmonious sounds follow tn,
touch of the skilled musician. / fur
ther believe that the remorsfHl pang
of hell follow evil deeds and pricl
the soul as poignantly and prompt.
as pain follows the assassin's knife
AS virtue cannot be defrauded of he
rewards, SO vice cannot escape he
punishments. Virtue makes rift il
!, the clouds that enshroud fallen hu
manity, through which heaven ma.
J smile upon the soul.
Happiness is heavens first-born-
! the most desirable of all things eithe
, in heavenior on earth, of all things il
Gods universe most precious, becaus
: the one chief object and end of tn
, souls desire. The wealth of cart
? cannot purchase or allure her com
: panionship. Grand mansions, marbl
: halls, gorgeous palaces, teemingw wit
: magnificence may open wide thei
+ doors and offer her shelter and
home, yet will she turn away fror
l these with scorn. In vain the v0ic
3 OF pleasure calls her to the glide
I halls. In vain does fame beckon he
D to the heights of worldly greatness
She will flee from palace to dive
e in a hovel, or scorn a prince to honC
g peasant, Yet all men of high an
Y low degree may easily WOO and wi
her if they will. Each one of us ma
< walk the fields of Paradise right he
n on this beautiful world if we choos
r To do this we have only to scho
e ourselves in the philosophy of virtu
It and apply its truths and principles
d our lives. We must train ourselv
o to look not only through revealed +
ligiOn, but through Nature up to n